Do Job Boards Matter?

 

Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter discusses whether you should be spending time in your  job search with job boards.

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Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter has been a recruiter for more than 40 years.

Follow him at The Big Game Hunter, Inc. on LinkedIn for more articles, videos and podcasts than what are offered here and jobs he is recruiting for.

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Streamline Your Use of Job Boards

 

Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter explains how to save time when using job boards just like recruiters do so you can go back to doing other things that will get you more results.

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Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter has been a recruiter for more than 40 years.

Follow him at The Big Game Hunter, Inc. on LinkedIn for more articles, videos and podcasts than what are offered here and jobs he is recruiting for.

Visit www.TheBigGameHunter.us. There’s a lot more advice there.

Email me if your firm is trying to hire someone.

Connect with me on LinkedIn

Pay what you want for my books about job search

Subscribe to TheBigGameHunterTV on YouTube for advice about job hunting and hiring. Like videos, share and comment.

Trying to hire someone? Email me at JeffAltman@TheBigGameHunter.us

Do you need more in-depth coaching? Join my Coaching program.

Want to ask me a question via email, chat or phone ? Reach me via PrestoExperts or Clarity.fm

Don’t Just Post Your Résumé on on Job Boards

 

In this video, Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter explains the importance of not just uploading a resume to job boards but suggests a free alternative that allows recruiters to find your resume for free.

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Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter has been a recruiter for more than 40 years.

Follow him at The Big Game Hunter, Inc. on LinkedIn for more articles, videos and podcasts than what are offered here and jobs he is recruiting for.

Visit www.TheBigGameHunter.us. There’s a lot more advice there.

Email me if your firm is trying to hire someone.

Connect with me on LinkedIn

Pay what you want for my books about job search

Subscribe to TheBigGameHunterTV on YouTube for advice about job hunting and hiring. Like videos, share and comment.

Trying to hire someone? Email me at JeffAltman@TheBigGameHunter.us

Do you need more in-depth coaching? Join my Coaching program.

Want to ask me a question via email, chat or phone ? Reach me via PrestoExperts or Clarity.fm

The Future of Resumes and Job Boards

The resume is a tool that no one likes–job hunters hate writing them. People who screen them like me dislike them because they say a lot of nothing.

Some have suggested the future of resumes may reside in video. My firm is evaluating a new service that, in addition to doing traditional applicant tracking and functioning as a data base, would allow us to provide targeted videos to clients of questions they deem appropriate for them to assess. It is an interesting idea but I think it will have some problems.

Some suggest LinkedIn can become a new version of a resume (BTW, if we are not connected on LinkedIn, send a connection request to me; BTW, I do not accept them from third party recruiters). LinkedIn already offers resumes in the form of your profile that firms and recruiters can download.

For me, when I think of the future of resumes, I think of how an employer will be able to incorporate what is called “Big Data” to know a lot about you and be able to reach out to you.

So imagine that there are servers that are constantly searching the web for information about people and what they do, have done, written, etc that are able to identify linkages between people and constantly updating this uncategorized data.

Imagine that they are looking for data on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and obscure services, too. They know what you’ve posted about ideas related to work and the Presidential election. They see your jokes and who your friends are, as well as which Zynga games you play online.

Yes, I think big data is coming to job search, sooner rather than later.

Thus, before you post that next photo or hyper-critical remark. THINK whether you wanted your employer or your NEXT employer to read it or not.

© Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter 2012

I Use Job Boards. You Should, Too

Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter confesses to using job boards when he tries to find candidates for clients and encourages you to do the same… But not as much as you normally do.

 

Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter has been a recruiter for more than 40 years.

Follow him at the Big Game Hunter, Inc. on LinkedIn for more articles, videos and podcasts than what are offered here and jobs he is recruiting for.

Pay what you want for his books and guides to job hunting.

Sign up for a complimentary subscription to No B.S. Job Search Advice at TheBigGameHunter.us.

Connect with me on LinkedIn.

Trying to hire someone? Email me at JeffAltman@TheBigGameHunter.us.

Subscribe to TheBigGameHunterTV on YouTube for advice about job hunting and hiring. Like videos, share and comment.

Listen to Job Search Radio, No B. S. Job Search Advice Radio and No B. S. Hiring Advice Radio in iTunes and other podcast directories and apps.

Do you need more in-depth coaching? Join my Job Search Coaching program.

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Posting Your Resume on Job Boards

A few weeks ago, I got a call from a client telling me that they wanted me to keep an eye out for three senior technology managers with particular skills.

“Expansion,” I asked.

“Nah, ” we spotted their resumes on Monster. Look up these three people and you’ll have the job description.”

True story.

If you are currently working, why are you revealing your identity when you post your resume on the major job boards? If you work for a large company that is trying to hire staff and is advertising for staff, they may have also purchased a license to search the resume data base to search for new staff.

How do you think your employer will respond when HR calls them and says, “Sharon is looking for a job.”

Too often, I see people put their jobs at risk by posting their resume with full contact information on the large job boards. Blind your name and make your dissatisfaction harder to identify.

 

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